Hello Everyone,

Still Winning

I am happy to say that every day I played last week I won money. Below are my stats from that time period.
<TABLE id=t1 class=sortTable border=1 borderColor=black><TBODY id=tablerows><TR id="patricii#fulltilt&9/20/2009 9/28/2009" class=sortTable><TD id="patricii#fulltilt&9/20/2009 9/28/20095" class=sortTable align=middle>patricii </TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>67</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Profit is the Average Profit Per Game after rake has been subtracted." align=right>$12.1 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Stake is the average tournament buy-in amount." align=right>$11 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. ROI is the Average of each game's Return On Investment. It is the average of each (Payout-(Stake+Rake))/(Stake+Rake). This is not the same as total ROI which is (Total Payouts-(Total Rake+Total Stakes))/(Total Stakes+Total Rake)." align=middle>125%</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Total Profit is the net profit for this player (and includes rake)." align=right>$810 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="Super Hot=6 straight payouts. Hot=3 straight payouts. Tilt=4 straight losses. Super Tilt=8 straight losses." align=middle>-</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The ability rating is a number up to 100 that shows a players ability based on combining all the statistical measures we have for that player." align=middle>N/A</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>FullTilt</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>9/20/2009 9/28/2009</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

I am waiting for variance to kick in but so far it does't seem to want to. I am playing very well, picking good spots and having my cards hold up.

Mixed Games and Badugi

I have started playing more mixed games and so far it has been a lot of fun and has been increasing my bankroll and breaking the monotony of just playing holdem. I got 5th in a $5 PLO MTT against 238 people for $80. I got 2nd in an 8 person $5 Badugi tourney on Poker Stars. I have also played a couple of mtt horse tourneys but haven't quite cashed in them as of yet.

45 man games still rocking

My bread and butter of making money is still the 45 man tourneys. I have been crushing them and hope to continue more of the same. Below are my full stats from the $10 45 man tourneys.

Sharkscope leaderboard here I come. <TABLE id=t1 class=sortTable border=1 borderColor=black><TBODY id=tablerows><TR id="patricii#fulltilt& E45-45 S10-10" class=sortTablealt><TD id="patricii#fulltilt& E45-45 S10-107" class=sortTable align=middle>patricii<INPUT onclick=showpreferences(); src="http://www.sharkscope.com/images/shark3.gif" width=28 height=14 type=image mce_src="http://www.sharkscope.com/images/shark3.gif"></TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>445</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Profit is the Average Profit Per Game after rake has been subtracted." align=right>$7.05 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Stake is the average tournament buy-in amount." align=right>$10 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. ROI is the Average of each game's Return On Investment. It is the average of each (Payout-(Stake+Rake))/(Stake+Rake). This is not the same as total ROI which is (Total Payouts-(Total Rake+Total Stakes))/(Total Stakes+Total Rake)." align=middle>64%</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Total Profit is the net profit for this player (and includes rake)." align=right>$3,138 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="Super Hot=6 straight payouts. Hot=3 straight payouts. Tilt=4 straight losses. Super Tilt=8 straight losses." align=middle>-</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The ability rating is a number up to 100 that shows a players ability based on combining all the statistical measures we have for that player." align=middle>N/A</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>FullTilt</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>E45-45 S10-10</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Once I reach 500 games in these $10 45 man tourneys I should finally get a star next to my name and get on the leaderboard for 2nd or 3rd for most average profit in 6 table tourneys on sharkscope over last 500 games. 1st place currently has a $7.33 average win rate and 2nd place has $6.99 average win rate. I am currently at $7.05 average win per tourney through 445 tourneys.

Coaching Zekenasty
My new Student goes by Zekenasty on Full Tilt and melano on p5's. He is already a proven player and has won thousands of dollars online. During the month of October he is in a $10 45 man competition and says he is going to play at least 1000 of them during that time period. This is how the competition works. Every contestant pays their entrance fee and then 60% for most profit, 30% for best ROI and 10% for most volume. I know there are guys in the competetion that will play 3-4K tourneys in one month so we are definitely shooting for best ROI.

If this month goes well for Zekenasty I am definitely going to be setting more time aside for coaching players who can put in serious volume. If you are good enough to learn and have time to play I would be happy to discuss staking/coaching scenario for you.

Way to go Zekenasty

Check out Zekenasty's first session of $10 45 mans
<TABLE id=t1 class=sortTable border=1 borderColor=black><TBODY id=tablerows><TR id="zekenasty#fulltilt&<12Hours E45-45" class=sortTable><TD id="zekenasty#fulltilt&<12Hours E45-451" class=sortTable align=middle>zekenasty </TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>21</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Profit is the Average Profit Per Game after rake has been subtracted." align=right>$19.85 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Stake is the average tournament buy-in amount." align=right>$10 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. ROI is the Average of each game's Return On Investment. It is the average of each (Payout-(Stake+Rake))/(Stake+Rake). This is not the same as total ROI which is (Total Payouts-(Total Rake+Total Stakes))/(Total Stakes+Total Rake)." align=middle>180%</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Total Profit is the net profit for this player (and includes rake)." align=right>$417 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="Super Hot=6 straight payouts. Hot=3 straight payouts. Tilt=4 straight losses. Super Tilt=8 straight losses." align=middle>-</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The ability rating is a number up to 100 that shows a players ability based on combining all the statistical measures we have for that player." align=middle>N/A</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>FullTilt</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle><12Hours E45-45 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

That is all I got. I hope this next week continues to see the bankroll increase. I need to play more MTT's if I have any chance of making it to the $10k mark.

Good Luck to all of you.

Patricii